Improvement in curtain-fixtures



PATENT GEEICE.

JOSHUA D. LEGG, OF LONG EDDY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURTAIN-FIXTURES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,158, datedSeptember 19, 1871.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osHUA D. LEGG, of Long Eddy, in the county ofSullivan and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Curtain-Fixture; and l do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specication.

This inventionrelates to a new and useful improvementinlcurtainwflxtures, whereby the curtain is adjusted to any positiondesired; and it consists in attaching both the top and bottom ends ofthecurtain to a roller at the top of the window by means of tapes orcords, so that by a revolving the roller the curtain may be rolled upheld in position in the same manner' as the ordinary curtain-roller. Drepresents the curtain. E E are tapes, which are attached to the rollerat one end and to the lower end of the curtain at the other end. F F aretwo other tapes, which are attached to the roller and to the top orother end of the curtain. These tapes are so attached to the roller thatwhen one pair is being wound around the roller the other pair willunwind, as, for instance, when letting down the top and raising thebottom of the curtain, and vice versa.

B y this arrangement the curtain may be dropped down, as seen in thedrawing, so as to cover the lower half of the window, or raised up so asto cover the upper half, or extended over the entire window, or berolled up around the roller, as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The curtain D, attached to the roller A, by means ofthe long tapes or cords F and E, in the manner herein shown anddescribed, where- -by .it may be doubled or folded upon itself so as tocover a part of the window, or extended to cover the whole thereof, asset forth. The above specication of my invention signe by me this 2d dayof March, 1871.

JOSHUA D. LEGG. Witnesses:

GEO; W. MABEE, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

